2013 - 2014
Lighting Lab
2012 - 2013
Solar Decathlon Europe - Benchmarking
2011 - 2012
Geothermal Feasibility Study
2009 - 2010
The Kern Mini-Grant
Cross discipline, undergraduate and graduate students design, construct and test a Double Curvature Wall Panel System using Catia and other Software, for applications in re-training and job creation.
[Granted March 2010, $1,800]
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Project Team
Shawn Calvin, Project Coordinator
Interior Architecture, Graduate Student
Alina Diga Chelaidite, Investigator
Architecture, Graduate Student
Antone (Andy) Schweitzer, Primary Investigator
Architectural Engineering, Undergraduate Student
Project Advisors & Contacts
Prof. Jim Stevens, Architecture Faculty, jstevens@ltu.edu
Prof. Filza H. Walters, Architectural Engineering Faculty, fwalters@ltu.edu
Dr. Elin Jensen, Civil Engineering Faculty, ejensen@ltu.edu
Dr. Chris Reidel, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, criedel@ltu.edu
Energy Efficient Technology Evaluation Project Grant
Cross discipline, undergraduate and graduate students analyze current system/operation of multiple, existing buildings with heating-hot water boiler systems, to investigate the feasibility and potential energy savings from the installation and operation of an energy efficient technology. [Pending 2010]
Energy Efficient Utility Evaluation Project Grant
Cross discipline, undergraduate and graduate students analyze the feasibility to install and operate a new Geothermal Utility System for a current campus of multiple, existing buildings with the potential for solar domestic hot-water heating to reduce total energy consumption. [Pending 2010]